Penang Governor's Support a Boost for IKHLAS Charitable Efforts

Photo caption: Penang Governor, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Dato’ Seri Utama Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak (middle) with the IKHLAS team, led by IKHLAS Chief Executive Officer, Ikhlas Kamarudin (second from the right) during the courtesy visit in George Town, yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN, 10 August 2022 - IKHLAS, the Muslim-friendly line of business under Capital A (formerly AirAsia Group) is ramping up their philanthropic activities in contributing towards the wellbeing of Penangites, especially the underprivileged and the B40 group.

Penang Governor, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Dato’ Seri Utama Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, during a courtesy call by the team from IKHLAS yesterday, has expressed his full support and encouragement for activities by IKHLAS in the State. 

Chief Executive Officer of IKHLAS, Ikhlas Kamarudin says, Tun Dato’ Seri Utama’s kind words of support and encouragement were very inspiring for the team to continue ramping up their community outreach programmes with religious and charitable activities involving mosques located around the state.

“During the visit, we expressed our readiness to be actively involved and participate in community activities under the Governor's patronage including in preparing and coordinating the distribution of hot meals and food baskets under the Tun Dato’ Seri Utama’s Solat Jumaat Mingguan programme to mosques around Penang,” said Ikhlas.

He added that IKHLAS is mobilising its workforce including deploying highly-experienced mutawif and mutawifah (umrah guides)  to organise a series of complimentary Umrah courses for the congregation.

“This  visit has definitely  opened up more opportunities for us to work closely with the Islamic community in Penang leveraging on the IKHLAS platform, a technology-based solution for community management,” he explained.

IKHLAS, a one-stop Muslim-friendly lifestyle platform providing affordable products and solutions to support Islamic communities around the world has facilitated the collection of Zakat Pulau Pinang since 2021 and aims to increase the amount through the digital platform. IKHLAS is also an authorised zakat payment channel for the Federal Territories, Sabah, Sarawak, Kelantan, Johor and Perlis.

About IKHLAS

Incepted in 2020, IKHLAS drives the innovation in developing an Islamic ecosystem to fulfil the demands of Muslims with its line of products such as Sadaqah, Fidyah, Umrah, Qurban, Zakat, Aqiqah as well as halal product selections, Shop with IKHLAS. For more information about IKHLAS digital platform, visit https://ikhlas.com/en/gb/ or download the IKHLAS mobile application via https://ikhlas.com/en/gb/app/.